The art of conversation does not have a universal norm. In East Anglia alone it varies between Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk. But now, newly-minted National Conversation Week aims to encourage more ...

Leo Burnett London was tasked with bringing the small talk staple to life by reimagining a typical menu as weather icons representing live temperature and 5-day forecasts. The resulting weather map ...

Oscar Wilde famously condemned it as the “last refuge of the unimaginative” but research shows six in 10 Britons use talking about the weather as a social prop. By Murray Wardrop and Murraywardrop 22 ...